they went out surf riding and as they rode,
behold! the princess conceived a passion for Aiwohikupua, and many
others took a violent liking to the chief.

After the bath, they returned to the canoe thinking to go aboard and set
out, but Aiwohikupua saw the princess playing _konane_[24] and the
stranger chief thought he would play a game with her; now, the princess
had first called them to come and play.

So Aiwohikupua joined the princess; they placed the pebbles on the
board, and the princess asked, "What will the stranger stake if the game
is lost to the woman of Hana?"

Said Aiwohikupua, "I will stake my double canoe afloat here on the sea,
that is my wager with you."

Said the princess, "Your wager, stranger, is not well--a still lighter
stake would be our persons; if I lose to you then I become yours and
will do whatever you tell me just as we have agreed, and if you lose to
me, then you are mine; as you would do to me, so shall I to you, and you
shall dwell here on Maui."

The chief readily agreed to the princess's words. In the first game,
Aiwohikupua lost.

Then said the princess, "I have won over you; you have nothing more to
put up, unless it be your younger brother; in that case I will bet with
you again."

To this jesting offer of the princess, Aiwohikupua readily gave his word
of assent.

During the talk, Aiwohikupua gave to the princess this counsel.
"Although I belong to you, and this is well, yet let us not at once
become lovers, not until I return from my journey about Hawaii; for I
vowed before sailing hither to know no woman until I had made the
circuit of Hawaii; after that I will do what you please as we have
agreed. So I lay my command upon you before I go, to live in complete
purity, not to consent to any others, not to do the least thing to
disturb our compact; and when I return from sight-seeing, then the
princess's stake shall be paid. If when I return you have not remained
pure, not obeyed my commands, then there is an end of it."

Now, this was not Aiwohikupua's real intention. After laying his
commands upon Hinaikamalama, they left Maui and went to Kapakai at
Kohala.

The next day they left Kapakai and sailed along by Kauhola, and
Aiwohikupua saw a crowd of men gathering mountainward of Kapaau.

Then Aiwohikupua ordered the boatmen to paddle inshore, for he wanted
to see why the crowd was gathering.

When they had come close in to the landing at Kauhola the chief asked
why t